This was last week on Friday. They barricaded two entrees so we couldn't get in. But the dummies forgot there was a third entree.

Hilarious stuff.

Quoting: Psych

LOL! It looks like some of the greenpeace are on zip lines too. Did cops haul them off?

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

Well, the cops first removed the barricades and then sorta waited for those on the zip lines to come down. I was already at work when that happened so not sure how long it took but what I have been told, they were down pretty quick.

lOl

Gotta say, they really put in some effort this time. This was the third time this year and the other two kinda sucked.

Atlantis ruled the world at one time, but they couldnt stop mother nature.

I dont wish anything bad to happen to them, but they are too vulnerable to terrorist attack to be a superpower.

One bomb against one of the levies... would be worse than hurrican Katrina.

Quoting: chris999

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

Atlantis ruled the world at one time, but they couldnt stop mother nature.

I dont wish anything bad to happen to them, but they are too vulnerable to terrorist attack to be a superpower.

One bomb against one of the levies... would be worse than hurrican Katrina.

Quoting: chris999

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

This was last week on Friday. They barricaded two entrees so we couldn't get in. But the dummies forgot there was a third entree.

Hilarious stuff.

Quoting: Psych

LOL! It looks like some of the greenpeace are on zip lines too. Did cops haul them off?

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

Well, the cops first removed the barricades and then sorta waited for those on the zip lines to come down. I was already at work when that happened so not sure how long it took but what I have been told, they were down pretty quick.

lOl

Gotta say, they really put in some effort this time. This was the third time this year and the other two kinda sucked.

Quoting: Psych

LOL! Over here, they would have SWAT teams out! Heh!

"We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of dreams." Willy Wonka

That is interesting. TY. Did you see the difference in the page for NL and for USA? And I wouldn't be surprised if the USA list doesn't have everything on it. You know they gotta keep some of that stuff secret!

"We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of dreams." Willy Wonka

Atlantis ruled the world at one time, but they couldnt stop mother nature.

I dont wish anything bad to happen to them, but they are too vulnerable to terrorist attack to be a superpower.

One bomb against one of the levies... would be worse than hurrican Katrina.

Quoting: chris999

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

OMG we're good.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 972619

Where do you get the sand to do that? I do have to say when I look at NL from GoogleMaps, it does look like it would be easy for it to sink under water.

"We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of dreams." Willy Wonka

This was last week on Friday. They barricaded two entrees so we couldn't get in. But the dummies forgot there was a third entree.

Hilarious stuff.

Quoting: Psych

LOL! It looks like some of the greenpeace are on zip lines too. Did cops haul them off?

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

Well, the cops first removed the barricades and then sorta waited for those on the zip lines to come down. I was already at work when that happened so not sure how long it took but what I have been told, they were down pretty quick.

lOl

Gotta say, they really put in some effort this time. This was the third time this year and the other two kinda sucked.

Quoting: Psych

LOL! Over here, they would have SWAT teams out! Heh!

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

lOl

I am not sure. Those people are pretty harmless and the cops know that. There is no need for SWAT teams.

Atlantis ruled the world at one time, but they couldnt stop mother nature.

I dont wish anything bad to happen to them, but they are too vulnerable to terrorist attack to be a superpower.

One bomb against one of the levies... would be worse than hurrican Katrina.

Quoting: chris999

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

OMG we're good.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 972619

Where do you get the sand to do that? I do have to say when I look at NL from GoogleMaps, it does look like it would be easy for it to sink under water.

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

By dredging, we are kings of the dredge too!

The sea has always been our biggest foe, and friend! For sure we're vulnerable to a 100ft high tsunami/huge meteor in the north sea, but for most other stuff we're pretty much well protected nowadays. Again, many parts of our land have been designed and engineered to contain a lot of water in times of need. Rising sea-level will make for more innovative water engineering...

Atlantis ruled the world at one time, but they couldnt stop mother nature.

I dont wish anything bad to happen to them, but they are too vulnerable to terrorist attack to be a superpower.

One bomb against one of the levies... would be worse than hurrican Katrina.

Quoting: chris999

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

OMG we're good.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 972619

Where do you get the sand to do that? I do have to say when I look at NL from GoogleMaps, it does look like it would be easy for it to sink under water.

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

By dredging, we are kings of the dredge too!

The sea has always been our biggest foe, and friend! For sure we're vulnerable to a 100ft high tsunami/huge meteor in the north sea, but for most other stuff we're pretty much well protected nowadays. Again, many parts of our land have been designed and engineered to contain a lot of water in times of need. Rising sea-level will make for more innovative water engineering...

Atlantis ruled the world at one time, but they couldnt stop mother nature.

I dont wish anything bad to happen to them, but they are too vulnerable to terrorist attack to be a superpower.

One bomb against one of the levies... would be worse than hurrican Katrina.

Quoting: chris999

Not worried about that. Plenty of fingers to fill the hole.

Quoting: Psych

While visiting a friend who lives in Badhoevdorp I asked to see where the little Dutch boy had stuck his finger in the dyke. I had heard this story as a littel boy. My friend and I drove to a very rough area near Amsterdam where there were ships and he showed me a bronze statue mounted on an old brick dyke of a little boy with his finger stuck in it. It made me smile.

LOL! It looks like some of the greenpeace are on zip lines too. Did cops haul them off?

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

Well, the cops first removed the barricades and then sorta waited for those on the zip lines to come down. I was already at work when that happened so not sure how long it took but what I have been told, they were down pretty quick.

lOl

Gotta say, they really put in some effort this time. This was the third time this year and the other two kinda sucked.

Quoting: Psych

LOL! Over here, they would have SWAT teams out! Heh!

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

lOl

I am not sure. Those people are pretty harmless and the cops know that. There is no need for SWAT teams.

Quoting: Psych

Cool. Over here, cops and such just like to throw their weight around 'cause they can, LOL!

"We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of dreams." Willy Wonka

Atlantis ruled the world at one time, but they couldnt stop mother nature.

I dont wish anything bad to happen to them, but they are too vulnerable to terrorist attack to be a superpower.

One bomb against one of the levies... would be worse than hurrican Katrina.

Quoting: chris999

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

OMG we're good.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 972619

Where do you get the sand to do that? I do have to say when I look at NL from GoogleMaps, it does look like it would be easy for it to sink under water.

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

By dredging, we are kings of the dredge too!

The sea has always been our biggest foe, and friend! For sure we're vulnerable to a 100ft high tsunami/huge meteor in the north sea, but for most other stuff we're pretty much well protected nowadays. Again, many parts of our land have been designed and engineered to contain a lot of water in times of need. Rising sea-level will make for more innovative water engineering...

The Netherlands is one big water machine!

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 972619

Very interesting. So how did the Dutch drown the land to win the war against the Spanish? I guess I could google it.

"We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of dreams." Willy Wonka

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

OMG we're good.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 972619

Where do you get the sand to do that? I do have to say when I look at NL from GoogleMaps, it does look like it would be easy for it to sink under water.

Quoting: aNONaMITTy

By dredging, we are kings of the dredge too!

The sea has always been our biggest foe, and friend! For sure we're vulnerable to a 100ft high tsunami/huge meteor in the north sea, but for most other stuff we're pretty much well protected nowadays. Again, many parts of our land have been designed and engineered to contain a lot of water in times of need. Rising sea-level will make for more innovative water engineering...